Albumpeel, why i make this program.

 

When i need to tidy up old film photo album , it's hard, can not just go to trash can.

so i decide to change it to digital, 

first i try with DSLR camera, but qaulity not so good. 

so then change to use scanner . generally A4 scanner is suitable for myself. 

some good automatic scanner can scan 4x6 or else size of photo , but it's too expensive , so i must use A4 scanner. 

while scan, not just 1 photo in 1 page of A4, so i decide arrange as many photos in A4 scanner 1 page,  after that then  cropping each photo manually . 

it's really hard ... and i m not good at photoshop. 

so i decide it's not man's work,  automation !! need program.

i will not mension about another programs , but i remember at least 5 or more programs i tested, but all result is not so good. can not detect photo well. 

so finally i decide make program myself.  ... 

but it's really hard time starts.  i just guess it does not take much time. 

at that time...  2025 May i guess.  i m using ChatGPT , and also same , my program also dont make good results. so i try with YOLO,  machine learning technology.  .. from theory it must works very well because machine learning even can understand face recognition and so many kind of application use with machine learning.  

but after many times try. machine learning need sample process , sample image and it's result , with that samples machine learning actually learn how to crop images, 

theory very good idea, but .. even i make 500 samples and learning file make... still result not so good.  i almost give up at that time. 

and my main program XColorRIP need new update so i forgot this project for a while. 

in 2026 march, i start XColorRIP main upgrade .. so many features need to solve... 

now i start with Claude code, with my friend suggestion. 

after 7 month work finally i make results. ( so many mission solved, 64bit migration, change main engine , 10 years ago engine to newest engine, also change image library ...  if without Claude code help... i may give up that project too.  but now it almost done everything i need to make. ) so then i remember this project and ... start again. 

Last time (last year) it takes about 4 month, but now about 1 month , all process ended with more powerful good features include, main purpose, crop photo's work very well. 

i m really happy say about our Albumpeel.  now may be this program don't need anymore if film photo album ended. but still now many family have film photo album they also need digital work same thought as i thought . so wish this program is helpful for them. 

thank you.